Last modified: 2011-12-09 by antónio martins
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The novels The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold take place in a fictional setting based on the Iberian Peninsula of the late 15th century (the prequel The Hallowed Hunt takes place a few centuries earlier). The Wikipedia page on the historical correspondences of the books identifies:
The geography is likewise based on that of the Iberian Peninsula in the 15th century—but mirrored, north for south. Chalion is Castile; Ibra is Aragon and Valencia; South Ibra is Catalonia; Brajar is Portugal; the Roknari princedoms are Al-Andalus; and Darthaca is France.A map is available online at the official website. The books are quite good, and are not just alternate history; the setting is well-conceived, in particular the depth of its native theology.
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 Jan 2008
In Paladin of Souls the flag of the Princedom of Jokona (one of the
Roknari princedoms) is described: a pennant with white pelican(s) on a sea-green
field (sometimes given in singular, sometimes plural, but it is unsure whether
a plural of flags or of pelicans is meant).
(I’m familiar with it from the Louisiana state
flag, «in her piety». In this case, however, the Jokona
pelicans(s) are described as «in flight». Heraldic depictions
of pelicans I could find are all the “piety” poses.)
Eugene Ipavec, 10 Jan 2008
You’d be looking for a «pelican volant». Though they do occur
occasionally in heraldry, this is the only real-world heraldic image I could
find: US
- 301st Military Police Battalion: It does show the bird facing dexter,
but even here I’m not sure this isn’t risant instead.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 29 Aug 2010
The arms of the Royacy of Chalion are mentioned (a leopard) in the
novels The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls.
Eugene Ipavec, 10 Jan 2008
At the official
website, this is expanded thusly: «symbol is a royal leopard
rampant upon a stylized castle», which strengthens the inspiration on
Leon-Castille.
António Martins, 19 Oct 2011
The Daughter being on of the four/five deities adored by the peoples of these novels (there being a holy war between Quintarians and Quadrenes, of course). In a dictionnary at the official website, the colors for all of them are given; it could be deduced that all 5 Holy Orders have pennants in their colors, not only the Daughter’s:
From what I remember of the books, only the Son and
Daughter have military orders. The Father and
Mother’s dedicats are concerned with civil administration
and medicine respectively, while the Bastard runs social services.
Eugene Ipavec, 21 Oct 2011
There’s mentioned a pennant of the Templar-like Holy Military Order
of the Daughter: blue and white, but nothing further.
Eugene Ipavec, 10 Jan 2008
At the
official
website there’s another reference of symbolic colors in the same
books: «mourning colors»:« black and lavender».
António Martins, 19 Oct 2011
Uniforms and other livery (such as funnels) are a tricky match for flags in the real world. For what’s worth, here are some livery colors and emblems from the official webpage:
All these match what was reported for the dedicats colors, except for additional red in Father’s uniforms.Uniforms
- Divine of the father - gray robe and carmine shoulder braid
- Baocian guard - green and black
- Soldier-brothers of the Lady of Spring — tabards of blue with sigil worked in white, gray cloaks, silver badges
- Daughter’s military order (Palli) — blue trousers and tunic, white tabard
- Officer of the Taryoon Municipal Court — black-and-gray robes and red shoulder braid
- Master physician — master’s braid sewn over the shoulder of robes
- Lay dedicat of the Temple Hospital of the Mother’s Mercy — green robes
- Arch-divine — five-colored robes
- Court robes of the general of the Order of the Son — layers of brown, orange, and yellow
- Court robes of the general of the Order of the Daughter — blue and white
- Service livery of the Zangre — tunic and leggings and a knee-length tabard with the symbol of Chalion embroidered on it
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